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FLOYD WILLIAM KOTEWA JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 12, 1952 – August 14, 1971
Service recordFloyd William Kotewa JR, of Bay City, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 14, 1971, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 131 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 131
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 12, 1952
- Home of record
- Bay City, Michigan (Bay County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 14, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date August 14, 1971; two of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In August 1971, 116 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 131
- LAWRENCE BARBE COLEMAN JRPrivate First Class · August 13, 1971
- MARK HASKIN EATONStaff Sergeant · August 13, 1971
- JOHN FREDERICK PEPINSpecialist Four · August 13, 1971
- HAYWOOD RODGERSSergeant · August 14, 1971
Same unit, same day
- HAYWOOD RODGERSSergeant · Panel 3W, Line 131
From Bay City
- JERALD DUANE FRITZPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- MICHAEL EDWARD ALDERSONPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- JOHN DONALD ROCHESergeant First Class · December 15, 1967
- JAMES LARRY BURNEYPrivate First Class · January 8, 1968
- ALGER LAWRENCE WHITE JRSpecialist Five · February 7, 1968
- ROBERT JOHN BENSONPrivate First Class · April 6, 1968
- ROBERT JAMES KLINELance Corporal · April 10, 1968
- JESSE CARMONA JRCorporal · May 3, 1968
- TERRANCE W ALLENSergeant · May 6, 1968
- ROGER RALPH MOLLSpecialist Four · August 23, 1968
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.